Honors and Awards: Mr. Callan has been honored with election to membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates.  He is also a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the New York County Lawyers Association, the Society of Medical Jurisprudence and the New York State Medical Defense Bar Association.  He has been a frequent lecturer and instructor for the New York State Trial Lawyers' Institute. He is the author of: "Jury Selection in Civil Cases," New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, 1990; "Cross Examination of an Economist - A Practical Guide," New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, 1991. Contributing Author: "A Compendium of the Art of Summation," New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, 1993. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Media Law at Seton Hall University., Mr. Callan's expertise in the fields of both civil and criminal litigation has been recognized by a variety of television networks where he serves as a consultant and regular guest commentator.  He has served as a  legal and political commentator on CBS, CNBC, MSNBC, The Fox News Channel and CNN.  He has been a regular guest commentator on Hannity & Colmes, The O'Reilly Factor and Rivera Live. He has also appeared on a number of radio broadcasts for Westwood One, CBS, ABC, and National Public Radio. He is listed in Martindale-Hubbell's Directory of Preeminent Lawyers . Mr. Callan has been honored with election to membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates.  He is also a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the New York County Lawyers Association, the Society of Medical Jurisprudence and the New York State Medical Defense Bar Association.  He has been a frequent lecturer and instructor for the New York State Trial Lawyers' Institute. He is the author of: "Jury Selection in Civil Cases," New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, 1990; "Cross Examination of an Economist - A Practical Guide," New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, 1991. Contributing Author: "A Compendium of the Art of Summation," New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, 1993. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Media Law at Seton Hall University. Mr. Callan is admitted to practice before the Courts of the State of New York, the State of New Jersey, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the District of New Jersey and the Supreme Court of the United States. He has also tried cases in California, Georgia and Alabama He is the former deputy mayor of Ridgewood, New Jersey.  

Special Licenses/Certifications: Mr. Callan is admitted to practice before the Courts of the State of New York, the State of New Jersey, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the District of New Jersey and the Supreme Court of the United States. He has also tried cases in California, Georgia and Alabama

Scholarly Lectures and Writings: He has been a frequent lecturer and instructor for the New York State Trial Lawyers' Institute. He is the author of: "Jury Selection in Civil Cases," New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, 1990; "Cross Examination of an Economist - A Practical Guide," New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, 1991. Contributing Author: "A Compendium of the Art of Summation," New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, 1993. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Media Law at Seton Hall University.

Representative Clients: His clients have included many of America’s largest insurance companies and corporations.  His clients include lawyers, as well as directors and officers of major American corporations. Some of New York's most famous physicians and surgeons have sought Mr. Callan's expertise when sued for medical malpractice. He represented the team doctor for one of the country's most famous professional sports teams when he was charged with operating on the patient’s wrong leg. His successful defense in a criminal case of a physician falsely accused of abusing a patient was the subject of an investigative report published on the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal. Author Dorothy Rabinowitz was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in part for her reporting on the case in her piece entitled "A Doctor's Story." He has litigated malpractice cases for clients involving neurosurgery, cardiology, orthopedics, radiology, anesthesiology, ophthalmology, psychiatry and other medical specialties.Not surprisingly, a number of celebrities have turned to Mr. Callan for assistance when lawsuits have brought them into the courtroom. He successfully represented the Estate of Nicole Brown Simpson in the civil suit against O.J. Simpson in Santa Monica. At the conclusion of that case, the civil jury unlike the criminal jury, found Simpson liable for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman awarding a verdict in excess of $35,000,000.  Other well-known clients have included Leonardo DiCaprio, Quentin Tarantino, Ivana Trump, Michelle Rodriguez and Vadim Pearlman.He has litigated a diverse array of fascinating cases including: the leading case in New York regarding its’  Rape Shield Law; a case involving the restoration and market value of the artist Mark Rothko's most famous painting; a case involving the first attempted commercial sale of  lunar material in the United States (the "Moon Rocks Case").  He is a skilled criminal defense lawyer handling cases of complexity in both state and federal matters.

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Educational Background: Received Juris Doctor degree from Boston College Law School in 1975 after obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree, with honors, from Seton Hall University in 1972.  While at Seton Hall, Mr. Callan represented the United States in international debate competition as one of two members of the United States Debate Team.  In that capacity he debated at the Oxford Union in the United Kingdom.